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In mathematics, a condensation point p of a subset S of a topological space is any point p such that every neighborhood of p contains uncountably many points of S. Thus "condensation point" is synonymous with "-accumulation point".[1][2]

Examples

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  • If S = (0,1) is the open unit interval, a subset of the real numbers, then 0 is a condensation point of S.
  • If S is an uncountable subset of a set X endowed with the indiscrete topology, then any point p of X is a condensation point of X as the only neighborhood of p is X itself.

References

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  1. ^ Efimov, B. A. (2001) [1994], "Condensation point of a set", Encyclopedia of Mathematics, EMS Press
  2. ^ Lynn Steen and J. Arthur Seebach, Jr., Counterexamples in Topology, 2nd Edition, pg. 5

Further reading

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  • Walter Rudin, Principles of Mathematical Analysis, 3rd Edition, Chapter 2, exercise 27
  • John C. Oxtoby, Measure and Category, 2nd Edition (1980)